#ella of hesse

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

EXTREMELY rare photos of Princesses Victoria and Elisabeth of Hesse and By Rhine, early 1870s

Royal Collection Trust / © His Majesty King Charles III 2023

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

Happy 129th Birthday to Princess Elisabeth “Ella” of Hesse and By Rhine (1885-1903), March 11th 1895 🤍

❧ “I am sure you will be pleased to hear that dear Ducky has a girl. They say it is a large child and that she had a very long and tedious time, but that she is doing very well indeed now.” - Empress Victoria of Germany, 1895

(Edit made by me using CapCut)

[grossherzoginalice]

The family of the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse in 1872. From left to right- Irene, Ernst, Louis, Elisabeth, Alice, Victoria and Friedrich.

[elsalouisa]

"I might here mention certain fixed rules for our life, which my mother had adopted from those used in her youth. We rose early. When I was about 13, I remember my sister Ella and I getting up in winter by candlelight and starting lessons at 7 We breakfasted with our parents at 9 o'clock, and had an hour's exercise out of doors, after which we had what we called "little lunch" consisting of milk, fruit and biscuits at 11, and at 2 o'clock we lunched with our parents. I would mention here that my mother adhered to the diet Queen Victoria and the Prince Consort had instituted for their children. We were never given spiced or rich food, simple dishes being served up for us. We never objected to anything given us at home, but the awful bread and butter puddings without a raisin in them or the stodgy tapioca pudding full of lumps we got in Queen Victoria's houses I still remember with a shudder of disgust. On the rarest of occasions were we given a sweet or a bonbon, but we were always allowed a lump of sugar if we wanted something sweet, and so to this simple fare I attribute my excellent digestion in after life. After lunch we again went out for 1½ hours in all weathers and had schoolroom tea at 5 This over, we went down to my mother's room where we played about with the younger children. We went to bed at 6.30, later on at 7 when preparations took more time".

Recollections of Victoria Mountbatten, Marchioness of Milford Haven

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Louis IV Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine with his two eldest daughters Princess Victoria and Princess Elizabeth, 1883.

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Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna of Russia, 1887.

[queenalexandraofdenmark]

On this day, 105 years ago, on July 18th, 1918.

Grand Duchess Elisabeth Feodorovna was murdered by being thrown down a disused mine shaft in Siniachikha, Russia.

[romanovsonelastdance]

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna, nee Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt.

[eschercaine]

Oh, look at that, Ryan and Sara. The showrunners/actors showing respect to the source material results in a well-received adaptation.

WHO WOULD’VE FCKING THOUGHT?

Kudos to Ella Purnell.

[foreverinthepagesofhistory]

~ 🤍 Grandmama and Ella 🤍 ~

“Darling little Elisabeth came & put her arms round my neck, kissing me most affectionately. She is the most engaging endearing child I have ever seen, & everybody is enchanted with her. She has beautiful large eyes, dimples, & such a sweet smile.”

— Queen Victoria’s diary entry on June 9th 1899

[foreverinthepagesofhistoryy]

VERY clear crop of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and By Rhine inside of her playhouse, Wolfsgarten 1903 💜

[krasivaa]

Princess Elizabeth 'Ella' of Hesse-Darmstadt with her cousin, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia in 1903.

[thornevald]

Misty (Ella Fitzgerald Cover) by Anika Hasse

[haveyoureadthistransbook]

Today is queeryourbookshelf, which means a bunch of queer ebooks are discounted for today.

Check out the books here:

Trans books I've found:

Yours Celestially by Al Hess

Mazarin Blues by Al Hess

Love Among Strangers by Courtney Milnestein

Overkill by Lou Wilham

A Galactic Star by AuthorShen

Stargun Messenger by Darby Harn

Cinder Ella by S.T. Lynn

Joy For Julie by Elizabeth Andre

Transcontinental Breakfast by Thundertail Slapbush

Breaker of Fates – Broken Song Verse 1 by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea

She Who Earned Her Wings – Stars, Hearts and Dreams Book 1 by Vaela Denarr & Micah Iannandrea

Dan’s Hauntastic Haunts Investigates: Goodman Dairy by Alex Silver

A Doctor’s Touch by A.A. Fairview

What You Need by Avril Ashton

Here Comes Treble: A Low-Angst M/M romance by London Price

Orbit by Leigh Hellman

[adini-nikolaevna]

"Oh, my dear! What a pity that Ella rejected dear Fritz of Baden [Prince Friedrich of Baden], who is so good and reliable, with such a safe and happy situation, and all this for the sake of the Russian [Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich]. I deeply regret it. Ella's health could never bear the climate that killed poor Aunt [Empress Maria Alexandrovna] ,and ruined the health of almost all the German princesses who lived there.”

— Queen Victoria in a letter to her granddaughter, Princess Victoria of Hesse.

[the-last-tsar]

"There once were four sisters — Victoria, Ella, Irene and Alix — who lived in an obscure grand duchy in south-western Germany, a place of winding cobbled streets and dark forests made legendary in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. In their day, these four princesses of the house of Hesse and by Rhine were considered by many to be "the flowers of Queen Victoria's flock of granddaughters", celebrated for their beauty, intelligence and charm. As they grew up they became the object of intense scrutiny on that most fraught of international stages — the royal marriage market of Europe. Despite their lack of large dowries or vast territories, each sister in turn married well. But it was to the youngest and most beautiful of the four that fate dealt the biggest hand."

The Romanov Sisters | Helen Rappaport